Yale Bulletin and Calendar

September 23, 2005|Volume 34, Number 4

This summer, the Yale Center for British Art did a major reinstallation of its fourth-floor permanent collection galleries -- swapping some works for others in storage and rehanging them according to themes, and reintegrating the collection of sculptures with the oil paintings.

Program showcases how museum
turned itself 'Inside/Out'

There were a lot of changes on the fourth floor of the Yale Center for British Art this summer, and now the museum is inviting the public to see the results.

"Inside/Out," a two-day program celebrating the reinstallation of the center's permanent collection of paintings and sculpture, will take place Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24 and 25. The weekend -- which will include family activities, tours, film screenings, musical performances and more -- is a chance for first-time visitors to get an inside look at the museum's treasures and for those familiar with the center to see its collections in a new light.

In June and July, the fourth-floor permanent collection galleries underwent major alterations -- the first since they were installed after the extensive renovations in 1998. Works in storage were put on display, and others were rotated into different thematic configurations. The center's collection of sculpture was reintegrated with oil paintings in the top-floor galleries, and new room and object labels were created to explain the combinations of groups of works.

The work was overseen by Angus Trumble and Cassandra Albinson, curator and assistant curator respectively of paintings and sculpture, who considered the needs of the center's many constituencies -- from Yale faculty and students to local schoolchildren to visiting scholars -- in planning the re-hang.

The "Inside/Out" program, which is free and open to the public, will take place 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday and noon-5 p.m. on Sunday. Visitors can view special displays by the museum's conservation department, as well as rare books, maps, prints, drawings and watercolors in the center's Study Room. Other highlights will include:

* Lectures by Amy Meyers, director of the British Art Center, and curator Angus Trumble (1 p.m. on Saturday and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday);

* Performances by the Yale a cappella group Whim 'n' Rhythm (4 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday);

* Presentations by storyteller Tom Lee (11 a.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday);

* Screenings of "My Architect," a film about Louis I. Kahn, who designed both the British Art Center and the Yale University Art Gallery (10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday); and

* The family programs "Silly Sculpture" (10 a.m. on Saturday), "Take pART!" (2 p.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday) and "Stop and Drop" (noon on Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday).

For a complete schedule, visit the center's news Web page at http://ycba.yale.edu/information/info_news-index.html.

The Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., is open to the public free of charge 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. The museum is wheelchair accessible. For further information call (203) 432-2800 or visit the website at www.yale.edu/ycba.

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